Water deaerator and purifier



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s. a. APPLEBAUM WATER DEARATQR AND- PURIFIER Filed July 1o,A 1951 2 sheets-sheet 2 lll tO o SAMUEL B.APPLEBAUM E: INVENTOR.

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Patented June 1l, 1940 warns nEAEaA'roa AND ranma Samuel B. Applebaum, New York, N. Y., assignor to The Permutit Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of DelawareA f Application July 10, 1937, Serial No. 153,031

9Claima.

This invention or discovery relates to water deaerators yand purifiers; and it4 comprises apparatus for purifying water Ifor boiler feed or the like, including a closed casing, annular partition means within the casing dening an outer annular chamber and an inner chamber within and in communication with the outer chamber over the top of the partition means, the partition means having an orifice to provide communicalo tion between the two chambers at their lower portions, conduit means constructed' and arranged to deliver a flow of water to the interior of the casing anddistribute into a steam space above the top portion of the inner chambery-condenser means for heating the flow priorto its introduction into the casing, water outlet means for` the annular chamber, an annular steam heating coil in the lower' portion of the annular chamber, a cross partition in the annular chamber located betweenthe water outlet means and said orifice so as to cause water entering the annular chamber through the orifice to take a cir- 4 cuitous path before flowing through the outlet means, and conduit means for delivering steam from said steam space to the condenser means; chemical treatment means sometimes being adl ditionally provided; all as more fully. hereinafter set forth andas claimed.

In utilizing water for various industrialoperations suchffor example, as in steam boilers, it is n to purify the usual raw water in various respects. Water usedvin feeding boilers is usually softened and in modern plants having economiaers, preheaters, etc. it isparticularly desirable to deaerate the boiler feed water to prevent corrosion in the boiler and inacces'sory apparatus. For softening make-up or feed water the :colite method and the lime soda treatment are used. For deaeration of the water fed to the 49 boiler various deviceshave-been used, somejof which ineludemeans for chemical treatment of the water with sedimentation. These deaerators leave much -to be desired in eiiiciency and .In deaerating water or disengaging gases therefrom by heating the water, two factors are of importance. First, the temperature needs to be high enough to'minimiae solubility of k'oxygen or other gases in the water and, secondthe partial 50 Pressure of the gas in contact with the water should be kept low. Control ofthese two factors with eiiiciency in the heating ofthe water involves some diiliculty. An object achieved in the present invention is a maximum fdeaerationor u removal of gases from water with a of eiilciency and economy in the use of steamfor heating the water. A further achieved object is efficient deaeration heatingv associated with purification of the water by chemical treatment when desired. 5 In the present invention I have found that heating of the water by steam contact under countercurrent conditions isof particular ad,-l

vantage in steam economy and in maintaining optimum conditions for removal of gases, particu- 10 larly air, dissolved in water., I arrange the deaerator as an annular chamber enclosing an inner chamber in which raw water may be treated chemically whendesired. For deaeration in the annular chamber the water is heated to its -boi1 l5 ing point by a steam eolico-extensive with the annular chamber and the water to be degasied is admitted to the chamber and flows around the annul'us in countercurrent to the flow of steam in the' coil, thence out of the chamber,- a partition 20 in the chamber being utilized'to prevent shortv circuiting of the water flow.. This arrangement provides excellent means for boiling the water in the annular chamber vand for disengagement of gases from the water by heat and by quick 25 removal of disengaged gas'for holding the partial pressure thereof upon the water at a minimum. The steam generated by the boiling of the water is utilized for ,preheating the incoming water by. direct contact as well asin a vent condenser dis- 30 posed in the top of the deaerator through which raw water is admitted to the inner chamber, the gases being vented from the condenser in a known manner. Y

The arrangement of the annular chamber en- 35 'closing an inner through4 which the water is passed to be boiled in the annular compartment by countercurrent contact with a steam flow is advantageous for combined heating of the water for chemical treatment and sedimentation u such as by the lime soda. process. yTo effect this combination heating Athe annular deaerator boiling compartment, in a modification loi' the in.- vention, is made an integral-part of a sedimenta- 4tion 4tank provided with the usual sludge cone a and conical up-take. 'Ihe conical up-take ismade to deliver into thereboiler deaerator so that the settled water passes through the boiling compartment-in countercurrent to steam as described. The chemically purified water is thus w boiled for deaeration and the steam evolved is economically utilized in preheating the raw water for chemical treatment.

The steam heating coil inthe deaerating compartment may be solid pipe fromAwhich water f,

2 condensed in the steam heating is sent to join the eilluent deaerated water. 0r it may be a perforated pipe delive'rlngexhaust steam or live steam into the water undergoing deaeration.

The apparatus as described is simple to operate and highly eiiicient both in the deaeration and also in the utilization of heat.

In the accompanying drawing Il have shown more or less diagrammatically apparatus within Fig. 1 is a view in vertical section of thedeaerator unit;

Fig. 42 is a horizontal sectional view of the unit of Fig. 1 along the line 2-2 looking in the dlrection of the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a. view in horizontal section of a modiyfication of the deaerator compartment in the unit cation of the apparatus of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 8 is ahorizontal section along line 8--8 of Fig. 7.

. Referring to the figures, the deaerator unit 9 comprises an annular chamber I0 having, as

shown, an outer cylindrical wall with an inner wall |2, andan inner chamber I3 formed by thewall I2. Both chambers have a common bottom piece I4. The top I5 covers the unit, there being an open space between the wall I2 and the top I5 giving open communication between the annular andl the inner chambers. An exhaust steam inlet 29 is connected to the top I5. AA water inlet pipe I8 enters the top of the unit through a'vent condenser I1 provided'with a vent I9, the raw water being heated on its way to the unit'by passage through a coil I8. The condenser has connection with the deaerator unit through' its top I5 by means of a 4conduit 58. 'I'he water inlet pipe I8 goes through the top IE and has, as shown, a spraying vdistributor 20. The water inlet is regulated by a float valve 2| operated by float 22 under control of the level of water in the inner chamber. In the annular boiler compartment III and coextensive therewith is a steam coil 23 with an inlet 24 Iand an outlet 25 which may be trapped. An opening 28 is formed in the wall |2- near the outlet end-of lthe steam coil 23 and a water outlet 21 is located provided vwith .perforations ,23h (twice), theA perforations providing outlet for the steam into` the surrounding body of water. In the modiilcation shown in Flg. 3 the baille 28 and a second similar baille 28a divide/the annular compartment into two sections Ina and Ib. Make-up water simultaneously enters compartment Illb through inlet 28and leaves it through outlet 21a. Thus,

makeup water and condensate are vdeaerated in.

the two sectionswithout being intermingled with feed pipe 35.

sedimentation oi' precipitated impurities.'

each other. With the perforated coil shown' in Figs. 3, 5 and 6, the exhaust steam inlet 28 is omitted, exhaust steam being admitted to the perforated steam coil 23a, the steam emerging through the perforations 23h and bubbling up through the water in chamber I0 or sections Illa an'd- 10b, respectively.

In operation, water admitted to the apparatus through inlet pipe I8 is preheated by condensation of steam delivered to the vent condenser I1 through the conduit 50. It is `further heated by spraying through the steamspace above the p water level in chamber I3. The water rises to a desired level determined by the oat 22 operating valve 2|. Water enters the boiler compartment I0 through opening 28 and is boiled by the heat of.steam coil 23. The steam generated on boiling of the water rises in bubbles through the water carrying the air and other gases from the water into the top portion of the apparatus. `In the apparatus shown in Figs. 3, 5 and 6, the

steam emerging from the perforations-in pipe 23a similarly rises through the water, heating it by direct. contact to the boiling point and carrying the disengaged gases into the top portion of the apparatus. The steam generated by boiling in Figs. 1 and 2, or the uncondensedLpor'- \tion of the steam emerging'from pipe 23a in Figs.

3, 5 and 6 contacts with the water entering through spray 20 whereby a substantial portion of the steam isv condensed. The remaining steam passes into condenser I1, serving to preheat the incoming water, the gases being vented at I9. The hot deaerated water leaves the apparatus through the outlet 21 and is sent 'to a boiler or other point of use, not shown. The countercurrent "ows of steam through the steam coil and water around the annular chamber from opening 26 to outlet 21 give extremely efficient heat- .ing of the water in chamber I0 and the evolution both in heating and in deaerating.

In the combinationof the deaerator with a tank for chemical treatment and sedimentation shown in Fig. 4, `the arrangement of the deaerator is similar to that shown in Figures 1 and 2.. The deaerator constitutes an integral top portion of a sedimentation tank 3| provided with the usual sludge cone 32 and conical uptake 33. This delivers through a pipe 34 into chamber I8 near the outlet end of the steam coil. In the sedimentation tank the water may be given any deannular arrangement of the deaerator .chamber` I0 in the sedimentation tank 3|' leaves'a central chamber I3 with relatively large circular cross section resulting in uniform downward low of the water, desirable in" the interest o f eillcient sedimentation. Fig; 4'shows,A furthermore, that the location oi the conical vuptake below'thedeaerator compartment provides a fairly uniform cross section, symmetrical around the vertical axis of the tank, which likewise aids /fllcient Jil) lWhen the apparatus of Fig. 4 is operated with a mixture of lime and soda solution admitted through chemical feed pipe 35, the eii'luent water usually leaves the apparatus with a hardness of about 1% to 2grains per gallon. This residual hardness may be removed by feeding a dilute solution of an alkali phosphate suchl as sodium phosphate to the water after'the precipitates resulting'from the lime-soda reaction have been settled out. Such phosphate solution cannot be admitted into a pipe carrying the lime-soda treat'- Y ed water because the newly precipitated phos- Ioutlet 21.

phate compounds are extremely adherent and fwould, therefore, form a heavy scale on the inside walls of such pipe. I'he annular compartment In, however, is well suited for carrying out the phosphate after-treatment and toy this end I provide a phosphate solutionfeed "pipe 31 discharging intr` the annular compartment near the outlet from pipe", so as to mix with'the 'incoming settled water. The long travel through the annular compartment provides suiilcient time for completion of the phosphate reaction, and the water discharged from the annular compartment is thus free of both'dissolved gases and.,l hardness. The precipitates' are main edjin suspension by the steam agitation in the annular compartment, and they vare removed by nltration of the deaerated and treated waterl leaving through The deaerator chamber of l'lg. 4 may, if desired, be divided finto two .sections Ila and IIb by' means of two baiiies 28 and 28a as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the settled water passing from the kuptake through section lla to outlet 21 while condensate returnsntering through pipe 28a and leaving through Pipe 21a are simultaneously' being deaerated in the second section lIll.

If desired, the chamber lli may' be arranged around the'outside of the upper portion of the sedimentation tankll, perforations in the dividing wall being provided for the passage of steam from chamber Il into the upper part of the sedimentation tank.

What I claim is:

,1. In water treating apparatus, means for removing gases from a flow o f water, comprising in combination a casing. partition means within the casing defining an annular chamber and dennig an inner chamber surrounded byX the annular chamber, said chambers being in-open communication at the top, vented condenser means for preheating a ow oi water by condensation `of A steamtherein, means for feeding the preheated water into the apparatus and distributing it over the top portion of the inner chamber. conduit means for delivering steam from the interior of the casing to preheating means, said partitiony means'being provided with a water passage adiacent its bottom to provide communication between the inner chamber and the annular chamber, outlet means for the annular chamber,v

cmss partition means in the annular chamber so constructed and arranged as to cause water vtosaid passage, an annular steam heating coil near .drawing steam from the other end of the coil partition means in the tank deilning a deaerator compartment of annular'shape integral with the of said tank and having open top communica casing defining an outer annular chamber Land an inner chamber surrounded by the annular chamber, said chambers being in open communicationl at the top, a passage through said partition means providing communication between the two chambers at their lower portions, vented condenser means for preheating a ilow of water -by condensation \of steam therein, means Ifor feeding the preheated water into the casing and distributing it over the top portion of the inner 10 chamber, conduit means for delivering steam from the interior of the casing to said preheating means, water outlet means for the annular chamber, a cross partition in the annular cham- 1 ber located between said water outlet means and the bottom o f the annular chamber, means for introducing steam to one end of the coil located near the water outlet means, and means for withadjacentsaid passage, so as to provide countercurrent travel of heating steam and water in the annular chamber. e

4. In water purifying apparatus, means for removinggases from a flow of water comprising a 'sedimentation tank, conduit means for introducing near the top of the tank a ow of water to be degassed, condenser means ior preheating the now of water prior to introduction into the tank,

sedimentation tank, said compartment being ydisposed circumferentially about the upper portion of said tank and having open top communication with the upper portion ofsaid tank, a steam heating coil within said compartment near the bottom 'thereof and having steam inlet and outlet means, a transverse wall in said compartment, water inlet and outlet means, for the compartment, a vconduit for settled water connecting the lower part of the 40 sedimentation tank with said water inlet means for the compartment, means directing steam and gases from the top of the tank to the condenser means, and a gas vent for said condenser means.

l5. In water purifying apparatus, means for rev moving gases from a flow of water comprising a sedimentation tank, conduit means for intro ducing into the top portion of the tank a flow of water to-'be degassed, condenser means so constructed and arranged as to preheat the ow of water prior to introduction into the tank, partition means in the tank defining a deaerator compartment of annular shape integral with the sedimentation tank, said compartment being disposed circumferentially about the upper portion' tion with the upper portion of said tank, a steam heatinggco'il withinl said annular compartment near'the bottom thereof and having steam inlet means and outlet vmeans adjacent opposite ends 00 of the coil. water inlet means in said compartment adjacent the outlet end of the steam coil, water outlet means in the compartment adjacent the inlet end of the steam coil," a transverse wall in said compartment separating the water inlet from the' water outlet', a conduit connected bel tween the sedimentation tank and said deaerator compartment water inlet, vmeans directing and gases from the top of the tank to the copdenser means and a vent denser means.

6. An apparatus for deaerating'and chemically treating a ilow of water,v comprising a'sedim'enfor gases in said contation tank, partition means in thetank-fsofemrA 'o j structed and arranged as'toanne chamberand an outer annular deaerating compartment extending part way down the tank,

the tank and so constructed and arranged as to discharge chemical into the top portion of the inner chamber, (an uptake in the lower part oi. the sedimentation tank, a conduit connection be,

tween the uptake and said annular compartment, a water outlet for the compartment, a conduit connection between the top of the tank and the condenser means, for delivering steam thereto, and a gas vent for said condenser means.

'7. An apparatus for deaerating and chemically treating a flow of water, comprising in combination a sedimentation tank, partition means in the tank so constructed and arranged as to dene an inner 4chamber and an outer annularA deaerating compartment extending part way down the tank, and a steam space in the top portion of the tank above said chambers, said chamber and compartment being in open communication above the top of the partition means, conduit means for introdueing a vflow of water into the tank and distributing it through said steam space over the upper portion of said inner chamber, vented condenser. means constructed 'and arranged to" heat the flow of water prior to its introduction to the tank,a chemical feed pipe extending through the tank and so constructed and arranged as todischarge chemical into the upper portion of the inner chamber, a pair of radial partitions located within said annular compartment terminating belowthe top of the tanky and arranged to divide the compartment into two sub-compartments in openvapor communication at their tops, an. uptake in the lower portionv of the sedimentation tank, a conduit connection between the uptake and one 'of ysaid sub-compartments; conduit means for introducing condensate into the other sub-compartment, a pair of separate outlet conduits extending from said sub-compartments out through thetank, so that condensate and makeup water are separately deaerated in said two sub-compartments, and a conduit connection from the top of the tank to said condenser means constructed and arranged to deliver steam-and gases from said steam space `above both subcompartments to said condenser means.

8. The' apparatus of claim 6, in which a conduit is provided, extending through the tank into the annular compartment and terminating at Aa. point near the conduit connection from the uptake to said compartment, and arranged to dev liever phosphate. solution at that point.

9. In watertreatment apparatus, means .for removing gases from a iiow of water, comprising in combination a vertical cylindrical side sheet, a top head and a bottom head, said side sheet and heads forming a tank, a cylindrical partition of smaller diameter than said side sheet located within said tank co-axially with the side sheet and spaced from said top head, an inner chamber surrounded by said partition, a space located between said cylindrical side sheet and said cylin.

water passageso as to cause an extended ilow of' water from said passage through saidvspace to saidoutlet means, a steam heating pipe near the bottom of said space, and means Ior'introducing steam into said pipe.

SAMUEL B. APPLEBAUM. 

